Mars products not veggie (UPDATE: "MasterFoods" decide to keep product suitable for veggie's)

[Corkie]

MARS PRODUCTS NOT VEGGIE


The Vegetarian Society is extremely disappointed to learn that Mars favourites such as Mars, Milky Way, Bounty, Snickers, Galaxy, Twix and Maltesers are now all unsuitable for vegetarians. At a time when more and more consumers are concerned about the provenance of their food, Masterfoods’ decision to use non-vegetarian whey is a backward step. Mars products are very popular with young people and many will be shocked to discover that their manufacture now relies on the extraction of rennet from the stomach lining of young calves.


Please contact Masterfoods Customer Services on 0845 045 0042 to express your concern.



From Vegartain Society

Just listened on the radio anything from mars with use by date after October is not suitable.

Mars is one of my favourite chocolate makers but that'll change soon.

[Ruth]

I heard that too. But it's made with milk chocolate - where do people think milk comes from in the first place?!

[Sophii3x]

OMG! My litte sister's a veggie and LOVES them chocolates. She's gonna be gutted.

[Princess]

Oh nooooooooo!I love some of those! Ah well,I'll just go back to Dairy Milks then!

[Sophii3x]

LAURA! :hug:

My sister went ballistic when I told her, she said that she wants to sue them.

[Princess]

Soph!! :hug:

Yeah its horrible to hear,been a veggie near 4 years now and its like great I've been eating animal insides.Its outrageous,its not that they use it,its that they didn't make it public knowledge!

[Sophii3x]

I know. I'd feel really pissed off if I was a vegetarian. They've lied to the nation, it's not really fair.

[Bells]

Why have they gone and done that? I'd be surprised if it was money problems, but at the end of the day people should be entitled to enjoying chocolate! And Mars is my favourite company so I'm disappointed. :bored:

[xGemmax]

That's disguisting :yuk: Not that I eat Mars bars anyway, but I'll definately be avoiding them now

[Z]

To address Princess' point, I think they've only just started using rennet and haven't been using it until now, or at least that was my understanding of the post.

[Emilee]

Uh - oh... What a discovery i never really eat chocolate anyway...
If i do its green and blacks organic lol.... Suitable for veggi's.

[Sticks]

Your not looking at this the right way

This is good news for vegetarian slimmers :hello:

[Ruth*Star]

Animal insides in choclate thats horrible! how does that happen.

[Ella]

Mars bars are rank anyway!

[Ruth*Star]

Originally posted by Ella
Mars bars are rank anyway!
i know, they taste werid. i like lint chocolate anyday

[Ella]

MMMMM thats gorgeous! I like the Lindt bunnies!

[Ruth*Star]

Yeah so do i, i think the little bell they have on their necks, i think its a nice touch, you pick them up and hear a chime.

[Corkie]

Originally posted by Z
To address Princess' point, I think they've only just started using rennet and haven't been using it until now, or at least that was my understanding of the post.


That's what the post did mean
so it's not got it in unless the sell by date is after october.:thumbs:


Your not looking at this the right way

This is good news for vegetarian slimmers

That's what I was thinking before..

[Princess]

Oooh thats good then!I'll just stop eating them.I'm much prefering Aero bubbles at the moment anyhoo!

[Corkie]

Originally posted by Princess
Oooh thats good then!I'll just stop eating them.I'm much prefering Aero bubbles at the moment anyhoo!

I'm loving twirls right now...

[Sticks]

There is always Cadburys

[Sticks]

Some alternates to Mars

The Boost bar has glucose and so is the rival to Mars.

You can also go Fair Trade

[Corkie]

Cheers for the alternatives.. I love boosts.. also i'm a great fan of green and blacks (organic chocolate)

[Dr43%er]

Just to let you know they have changed their minds and they will stay veggie.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6673549.stm

[Polka.dot]

i'm so glad that they are!!! i couldnt live without galaxy, maltesers n stuff. even tho i do also like chocolates like twirls.

[Dr43%er]

Glad I could be the giver of good news.

[Corkie]

I heared this and i'm pretty happy about it now I can eat mars products again :colour:

[Sticks]

So were any non veggie products made and distributed? :conf:

[Princess]

Yay,so happy when I read this this morning. I was dreading missing my food!

[Emilee]

Woooooh! thats ace. Even though i dont really weat chocolate but wooh"